Overview
This resort hotel has a whopping 350 rooms in the West Wing. This Wing offers a choice of moderately priced accommodation. Of the 350 rooms, half are small twin (2 x single beds in room) rooms and the other half are family rooms that are 21.7 square meters in size.
The West Building, a reasonably-priced wing where self-service is the order of the day and families or groups can kick back and relax.
The West Wing does have a great open air shared bath where you can soak in the warmth and rest yourself while gazing out at the beautiful snow covered vistas and feel refreshed from the day's skiing. Although this bath is not a natural onsen hotspring, it is still worth trying out at least once while you stay here.
The West Wing has an open plan cafeteria style restaurant that serves up more casual fare. Portion sizes are good and the food is enjoyable, but please do not expect fine dining, but just more a family fun setting, but again surrounded with superb mountain and slope side views.
Bathhouse
Open for all West Wing guests, the large indoor and outdoor shared bath at Shiga Kogen Prince Hotel are a spectacular way to unwind and relax after a day in the snow.
Although it is not a natural hotspring onsen, the warm water is said to be fantastic for soothing aches and tired body after a hard day of skiing.
Each bath is open from 3 p.m. until 11 p.m. throughout the week and stays open until 1 a.m. on Friday.
There are men’s and women’s baths, and each bath is free for guest use.
Location
The Shiga Kogen Prince West Resort Hotel is located at the base of the Yakebitaiyama ski area offering customers fantastic ski-in/ ski-out accommodation.